Food in the microwave

The microwave has become something of a byword for quick and nasty. It needn't be like that. You can cook just about anything in a microwave (including bread!), and if done properly will be just as, and sometimes even more delicious than normal. Scrambled eggs is a great example! -

Cook Time

Prep time: 1 min

Cook time: 3 min

Ready in: 4 min

Yields: 1

Ingredients

2 eggs

Heaped teaspoon butter

Salt & Pepper

Garlic (crushed, granulated or salt, optional

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Microwaved Scrambled Eggs

Melt about a heaped teaspoon of butter in a microwavable bowl. This should take only a few seconds.

Break the eggs into the bowl and add salt, pepper, garlic and herbs to taste. Whisk the mixture and cook on full power for about a minute.

Remove from oven and whisk up again. Some of the mixture should have solidified, the rest remaining liquid. Cook for another 15-20 seconds.

This is the crucial stage - just keep a very close eye on the mixture, cooking in 5-10 second bursts and rewhisking until it is at your preferred consistency. I like mine a little runny.

Serve on hot, buttered toast. Enjoy!

Bain-Marie

As the illustration shows, the bain-marie is basically a pot of boiling water, within which another pot is suspended and in which the cooking ingredients are placed. It is sometimes used for melting chocolate.

Although scrambled eggs can be prepared in a variety of ways, using a bain-marie is the established haute-cusine Escoffier method, and while it no doubt produces delicious results, the process can take up to 40 minutes. I am fairly convinced that the microwave produces the closest equivalent to this in a considerably shorter time.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

253

Calories from Fat

171

% Daily Value *

Fat 19 g

29%

Carbohydrates 6 g

2%

Sugar 3 g

Protein 14 g

28%

Sodium 500 mg

21%

* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change
depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been
professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.